The sun has not yet peaked over the desert dune outside our villa. A soft, cool breeze is the only thing interrupting the quiet, predawn calm. Roger is still asleep, but I am up determined to photograph the elusive animals that are said to roam the nature preserve that is our private villa’s “back yard.”
After almost an hour, my only sightings are small birds that appear just as light begins to crest the ridge. As the early morning sun lifts higher, the sounds of the desert softly rise and larger birds present themselves. We have been promised sightings of gazelles and the arabian oryx. I wonder if they will appear.
